Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-10
PARKER ON GLADSTONE.
THE ENGLISH PREACHERS LAST
 LECTURE IN AMERICA.
His Estimate of tho Grand old Man. Eloquent Tribute to His Sterling Hon. esty and Wonderful Ability-Enshrined in the Hearts of His Countrymen.

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 esty and Wonderful Ability-Enrhrined
 in the Hearts of His Countrymen.
 NEW YORK, Dec. l0-The Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, of the City Temple, London, deliv- cred lecture yesterday, his last in this country, in Chickering hall, to a large audi ence. His subject was Gladstone. The audience was principally made up of clergy men who had been specially invited by Maj. Pond from cities and towns within easy reach of New York. There was also num- Der of clergymen of this city and Brooklyn present. Dr. Parker's lecture consisted more of an eulogy on the great Englishman than a review of his career. He was fre- quently applauded. Dr. Parker said:
 "If you ask me to describe personally the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, could not do so beyond describing the two or three dom. inant lines in his face. Every time looked at him he took on new aspect Everything depended on the intellectual action of the moment could not begin to tell you of the grandeur of that rough, strong face when the spirit of the man is aroused When he is amused his face lights up, and even that Cesar like nose is almost agreeable as a patch of sunshine on a great crag. Is he stern2 Then let his antagonist seek some other man. Is he listeninga He is an eagle on a mountain crag as if intent on seek ing his prey. Then that voice; was there ever one like its Not boisterous, not loud, but round, rolling and rich; monot- onous, indeed, but so dignifed that the monotony is forgotten in the intellectual action that the voice reveals. It rises grad ually, and you are not aware that the thun- der is going to roar until you find yourself in the center of the storm"
 After speaking of Gladstone's versatility of knowledge, Dr. Parker continued: ''Now let me speak of Glads tone's progressiveness Strange as it may appear, Gladstone began life as Tory. You should hear him pro- nounce the word Tory now. You think it consists of two syllables but when he says it it seems to be a polysyllable He is end ing his career as leader of philosophical liberalism. When the struggle for home rule in Ireland was first begun, when the question of the day to the exclusion of all other business, then, in Gladstone's judgment, it was the demand of faction and not of @ people, But when the general election in Ireland sent 80 out of 1O3 Home Rule members to parliament, then Glad stone recognized the i'm, in a substantial sense, of a nation. Then he acted with the belief that parliament existed for the peo- pie, and not the people for parliament. He aims to convince the country. The bill which believe will form the text of any bill that will be introduced in parliament in favor of home rule must be modelled on Gladstone's bill.
 "If the leaders withdraw, then the people will lead the way. That is an American idea. No aristocracy can really understand the people, I don't blame the aristocrats; they were born so. They are reared to be. lieve that the land is theirs, whereas it is given to all mankind. Gladstone lives among tue people, and he stands for the people. and is hailed everywhere in England as The Peoples Willie.' He cannot fawn on royalty.
 "It has been asked whether any tenderness was in the Spartan granite of Gladstone's character. If tears of imbecility, shed over the drivel of hypocrisy, is what is meant by tenderness, then Gladstone is not tender But have seen him after dinner while go- ing back to the days of the union of England with Ireland, take down from the book shelves a history and read aloud, until the sorrow and atrocities in connection with that event caused his voice to break, and finally he would have to lay down the book in tears The question of home rule in Ireland is always with him in conversation. He is approaching 30 years of age. When last saw him he looked as vigorous and ready for battle, his port as erect, his eye as bright, his voice as resonant as ever."